Ball-slinger.



F. B. KIRKNESS.

BALL SLNGER. APPLIQATION FILED MAB. 24, 1913.

Patented 0t.7,1913.

W5. wmJ/a degree dependent on the pitchers dexterity. Itis possible also that an implement of this character might be used in hunting or in warfare, for throwing missies such as s'hot or small bombs; and this suggestion leads to the thought that it might be used as a gen- Ieral playthingl for casting anything, as for instancev throwin balls at a target or tossing the weight ,0% a plumb line. `It is only essential to the successful operation of the device that the articles handled by it be of a uniform or substantially' uniform size, or else that the jaws have considerable elasticity so as to grasp articles that'vary in size. However, it is my intention that this improved slinger shall form the hand implement of a game to be known by the title of Slinger, wherein the implement in effect takes the place of the sticksused in thegame of golf, but details of the'game need not be elaborated in this specification.

What is claimed as new is: y 1. ,The herein described ball slinger com prising a handle provided at its outer end i with a longitudinal slot of liberal width 25 producing two fork arms, each weakened'on its outer side and dished on its inner side at its extnemity to producea pocket for holding the ball, and an adjustable device for drawing the fork arms toward each 30 other at a point below where they are Weakened.

.2. The herein described missle slinger comprising a handle yhaving normally spaced resilient arms at its'l outer end, each 3 dished on its inner face at its extremity and complementing the opposite dished face to produce a pocket, and a screw vthro-ugh said arms for adjusting them toward each other.

1n testimony whereof I have hereunto set 40 .my hand in presence of two Subscribing wit- 

